The Shaolin Temple, that place you hear about in all those Wu-Tang rap songs, is very much part of the 21st century. But despite the Shaolin monks and their affinity for technology, according to the abbot, video games and television are off limits. » 4/21/14 5:00am Monday 5:00am

Government researchers must have a Batman fetish. Perhaps that explains why so many have named their projects after him—it's federally-funded cosplay. The question is why this odd bunch of projects bear the Dark Knight's name. » 4/18/14 6:14pm Friday 6:14pm

By using your own custom-built Titanfall Eject Button. It's not just one of those big red buttons you can buy everywhere, but one that was created and programmed for one purpose only: To help you leave your Titan in the coolest way possible. » 4/09/14 7:40am 4/09/14 7:40am

This beautiful blue Scania truck rolling over a hilly highway is a demonstration of CGI software called OctaneRender 2.0. The future of animation and video games might be prettier than real life. » 4/01/14 12:20pm 4/01/14 12:20pm

Is it too early for science? I don't think so. YouTuber spumwack is here to show us that Minecraft can be an awesome tool for visualizing complicated subjects, like the mechanisms of light speed. » 3/25/14 6:20am 3/25/14 6:20am

Hopefully we'll get to see something similarly pretty in our lifetimes—well, that's not the main problem. Something similarly pretty but in-game, and with an acceptable framerate. Yeah, that's it. » 3/24/14 5:20am 3/24/14 5:20am

There was a time when we didn't need games on our phones, because every phone came with a built-in game of roundabouts. Kids today have no idea what they missed, and don't seem too impressed when they find out. » 3/03/14 9:07am 3/03/14 9:07am

Audun Mathias Øygard's creative experiment uses real-time facial recognition to hide your face in a webcam feed with different masks. That could be handy if you want to scare your friends with a real-time Nicolas Cage imiatation (don't forget to use it with a proper soundboard) or just confuse them while playing online. » 1/08/14 7:20am 1/08/14 7:20am

Finding something glitchy and weird on Google Maps and Google Street View is always exciting. It feels like finding the needle in a haystack, even if it's just a malformed panorama photo. Artist Emilio Vavarella decided to collect the best ones into a gallery, to reflect the relationship between humans and… » 1/07/14 11:00am 1/07/14 11:00am

In case you weren't scared enough of the reach of the US National Security Agency, reports coming out of Germany are accusing the intelligence agency of literally seizing shipments of computers, installing malware and sometimes even hardware bugs on them. » 12/29/13 8:00pm 12/29/13 8:00pm

Say goodbye to V-sync, uninstall your bootleg copy of FRAPS and reconsider picking up one of Nvidia's Shield handhelds. During its "The Way It's Meant To Be Played" event in Montreal today, Nvidia unveiled a trio of technologies that could make its video cards an indispensable part of any PC gaming rig. » 10/18/13 5:00pm 10/18/13 5:00pm

The "uncanny valley" is that creepy Final Fantasy feeling when a robot or CGI character is too dead-eyed to be believable, but too realistic to be cute. Roboticists and animators have long tried to avoid creations that induce this psychological state. But maybe they've been worried about nothing. » 9/03/13 11:19am 9/03/13 11:19am

In Crysis studio Crytek's latest CryEngine tech demo, we can catch the engine's insane next-gen graphical capabilities. The best are the water effects shown in the above GIF. As the sun rises, the water dries up! That's great. » 8/22/13 9:20am 8/22/13 9:20am

Surprise PS4 TV Plan? In a recent preliminary deal with Viacom, Sony is reported to have won the rights to bring cable channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon to its planned internet-TV service. Plus, it can also sell on demand Viacom shows and movies. I'm okay with this if there's enough Sponge Bob. » 8/16/13 6:00am 8/16/13 6:00am

The economy may be mired in an existential crisis, but there's one place where the money is flowing: into those fun apps on your phone. As I discovered at a "casual mobile entertainment sector" conference last month, Portland isn’t the only place where the dream of the 90s lives on. » 8/15/13 8:24pm 8/15/13 8:24pm